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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8142542, member: 75937"]Cool! I like countermarks, too, but I'm too busy accumulating Faustina coins that I haven't purchased one in a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gotta have a bucranium:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-dac-parthico-p-m-tr-pot-xx-cos-vi-p-p-as-jpg.793692/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Trajan. A.D. 98-117.</p><p>Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?); Struck in Antioch (?), AD 115/16.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right; c/m: bucranium within incuse punch.</p><p>Rev: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around laurel wreath enclosing large SC.</p><p>Refs: RIC 647; BMCRE 1094; Cohen 123; RCV 3243; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BN 953-5. For c/m: <a href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" rel="nofollow">Pangerl 63</a>; Howgego 294.</p><p><br /></p><p>Laurel branch:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-antioch-ae-jpg.1012512/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 29 mm, 15.86 g, 12 h.</p><p>Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AD 115-116.</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head, right. Countermark: laurel branch in incuse rectangle, Howgego 378 (69 sp.).</p><p>Rev: S·C in laurel wreath; Є below.</p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3616" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3616" rel="nofollow">RPC III 3616</a>; cf. BMC 20, p. 185, 286 (with same countermark); Wruck 196; McAlee 489(e).</p><p><br /></p><p>A circle surrounded by a triangle:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-seleukeia-ad-kalykadnon-apollo-and-artemis-countermarked-jpg.832887/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Severus Alexander AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g.</p><p>Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon.</p><p>Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse.</p><p>Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe an anchor????</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/iotape-commagene-jpg.747353/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Iotape, Queen of Commagene AD 38 - 72</p><p>AE diassarion, 23.4 mm, 13.64 g, 12 h</p><p>Syria, Commagene, Samosata mint</p><p>Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΙΩΤΑΠΗ ΦΙΛΑ∆ΕΛΦΟΣ, diademed and draped bust of Iotape, right; countermark: anchor?</p><p>Rev: ΚΟΜΜΑΓ−ΗИΩИ, scorpion and inscription all within laurel wreath</p><p>Refs: Lindgren-Kovacs 1887; RPC I 3858; BMC Galatia p. 109, 4; Nercessian AC --; SNG Cop VII 5; similar to Sear GIC 5514 (which has lunate sigmas in the inscription).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8142542, member: 75937"]Cool! I like countermarks, too, but I'm too busy accumulating Faustina coins that I haven't purchased one in a while. Gotta have a bucranium: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-dac-parthico-p-m-tr-pot-xx-cos-vi-p-p-as-jpg.793692/[/IMG] Trajan. A.D. 98-117. Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h. Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?); Struck in Antioch (?), AD 115/16. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right; c/m: bucranium within incuse punch. Rev: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around laurel wreath enclosing large SC. Refs: RIC 647; BMCRE 1094; Cohen 123; RCV 3243; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BN 953-5. For c/m: [URL='http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html']Pangerl 63[/URL]; Howgego 294. Laurel branch: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-antioch-ae-jpg.1012512/[/IMG] Trajan, AD 98-117. Roman Provincial Æ 29 mm, 15.86 g, 12 h. Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AD 115-116. Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head, right. Countermark: laurel branch in incuse rectangle, Howgego 378 (69 sp.). Rev: S·C in laurel wreath; Є below. Refs: [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3616']RPC III 3616[/URL]; cf. BMC 20, p. 185, 286 (with same countermark); Wruck 196; McAlee 489(e). A circle surrounded by a triangle: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-seleukeia-ad-kalykadnon-apollo-and-artemis-countermarked-jpg.832887/[/IMG] Severus Alexander AD 222-235. Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 9.19 g. Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon. Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN KAΛVΚA-ΔNΩ, confronted, draped, and laureate busts of Apollo and Artemis, c/m: o within Δ within triangular incuse. Ref: Ziegler 474-476; SNG France 2 1009; SNG Levante 761; SNG Levante Suppl. 195; SNG Pfalz 1056-61; Waddington 4468; Lindgren III 898; RPC Online VI 7043. Countermark: Howgego 670. Maybe an anchor???? [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/iotape-commagene-jpg.747353/[/IMG] Julia Iotape, Queen of Commagene AD 38 - 72 AE diassarion, 23.4 mm, 13.64 g, 12 h Syria, Commagene, Samosata mint Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΙΩΤΑΠΗ ΦΙΛΑ∆ΕΛΦΟΣ, diademed and draped bust of Iotape, right; countermark: anchor? Rev: ΚΟΜΜΑΓ−ΗИΩИ, scorpion and inscription all within laurel wreath Refs: Lindgren-Kovacs 1887; RPC I 3858; BMC Galatia p. 109, 4; Nercessian AC --; SNG Cop VII 5; similar to Sear GIC 5514 (which has lunate sigmas in the inscription).[/QUOTE]
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